Category Archives: ((CJWW) Country 600) News

Masks to be Required on Public Transit, in City Operated Facilities and Services
City Council has voted unanimously to make non-medical face masks required on public transit, and recommended in city-operated facilities and for indoor city services. The changes will come into effec...
Brad Jennings Aug 31, 2020

SHA Warns of COVID Case in Prince Albert
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is warning residents of Prince Albert of an individual who has tested positive for COVID-19 and had recently visited multiple businesses. The individual visited these...
Brad Jennings Aug 31, 2020

NDP Cites Shortage of Lab Techs
The NDP Health Critic says the government has failed to address long standing staffing issues in terms of hiring lab technicians. “We have deep concerns about the fact that we have a shortage of...
Vanese M. Ferguson Aug 31, 2020

COVID-19 Cases Continue to Drop
The number of cases of COVID-19 in Hutterite Colonies that are active has dropped to just five out of the 34 cases considered active in the province. Because the number is so low, the province says it...
Vanese M. Ferguson Aug 31, 2020

Tickets for Pot Issued Just Prior to National Overdose Day
The CEO of the Saskatchewan Health Authority says in response to the escalation of overdoses and overdose deaths in Saskatchewan they are focusing on re-instituting programs that might have been slowe...
Vanese M. Ferguson Aug 31, 2020

Ottawa Broadens Business Support
The federal government is extending the application deadline for the Canada Emergency Business Account to October 31st. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland also announced the government is working with...
Saskatoon Media Group Aug 31, 2020

Police Called About Woman in Distress
Saskatoon Police responded to a report around one o'clock Sunday morning of a woman attempting to harm herself. Officers arrived at a home on the 700 block of 8th Street East and saw the woman armed w...
Gord Wiebe Aug 31, 2020

Some Communities Dipping Into Below Zero Territory
There’s still three weeks left until fall officially arrives, but Monday morning some parts of west central and southwestern Saskatchewan dipped below the freezing mark. Val Marie was the cooles...
Saskatoon Media Group Aug 31, 2020

Street Activity Subcommittee Missing Key Representative
It has been about 2-and-a-half years since Saskatoon’s Street Activity Subcommittee has had someone with lived experience who can be a voice for those experiencing homelessness, mental health or...
Carol Thomson Aug 31, 2020

Federal Government Secures Sources of Potential COVID-19 Vaccines
The federal government has announced partnerships with companies to produce a COVID-19 vaccine. Agreements have been reached with NovaVacc and Johnson and Johnson to reserve millions of doses of the v...
Saskatoon Media Group Aug 31, 2020















